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| Ash Wednesday @ St. Paul's UMC February 26, 2019 |
Charles Wesley (Note: First published as the first hymn—on pages 1-6—in Hymns and Sacred Poems, London: 1740. The original version of this hymn had thirty-one verses!)
HO! every one that thirsts, draw nigh:
‘Tis God invites the fallen race:
Mercy and free salvation buy:
Buy wine, and milk, and gospel grace.
Come to the living waters, come!
Sinners, obey your Maker’s call;
Return, ye weary wand’rers, home,
And find my grace is free for all.
See from the rock a fountain rise;
For you in healing streams it rolls:
Money ye need not bring, nor price,
Ye lab’ring, burthen’d, sin-sick souls.
Nothing ye in exchange shall give,
Leave all you have and are behind;
Frankly the gift of God receive,
Pardon, and peace in Jesus find.
Why seek ye that which is not bread,
Nor can your hungry souls sustain?
On ashes, husks, and air ye feed;
You spend your little all in vain.
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